Sentences with phrase «general workforce»

The Assembly and the Senate both endorsed Paterson's goal of $ 250 million in general workforce cuts in nonbinding budget resolutions passed in March.

While I don't disagree that retaining more teachers would help address the problem of teacher shortages, I wonder about general workforce turnover trends, the role of alternative credentialing programs, and the reality that many folks currently working in education — whether in policy, research, or administration — started their careers in the classroom and left before retirement age.

Currently just one in four female teachers work part - time, compared to nearly half of women in the general workforce nationally.

This preferred estimate compares teachers to other workers with similar test scores, even though the comparison group has substantially less education (nearly all teachers have a bachelor's degree, and about half also have a master's, while about one - third of the general workforce has a bachelor's or further education).

Ultimately, public education needs to be focused not necessarily on preparing them for any particular outcome such as diving into the general workforce, but on basic skills, critical thinking and problem solving.

Almost three - quarters of legal professionals think they work too hard, compared with 60 % of the general workforce who feel this way, according to new research by coaching consultancy Talking Talent.

One other spot of good news: Prescription opiate detection in urine testing declined among the general workforce.

Its latest research is based on drug test results from three categories of workers: federally mandated, safety - sensitive workers, the general workforce and the combined U.S. workforce.

In fact, 64 percent of women in the broader tech sector feel the same way, and 60 percent of women workers in the general workforce do also, the research shows.

Plumbers are quickly becoming an aged workforce, with an average age of 55 vs. the general workforce population average of 39.